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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : libdb-4_8 (SUSE-SU-2022:4289-1)

low Nessus Plugin ID 168298

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:4289-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2019-2708: Fixed partial DoS due to data store execution (bsc#1174414).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected db48-utils, libdb-4_8, libdb-4_8-32bit and / or libdb-4_8-devel packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1174414

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-2708

http://www.nessus.org/u?1a7a702e

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 168298

File Name: suse_SU-2022-4289-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/30/2022

Updated: 6/25/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, tenable_cloud_security, tenable_self_hosted_container_security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-2708

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libdb-4_8, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:db48-utils, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libdb-4_8-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libdb-4_8-32bit

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/29/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/16/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-2708

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:4289-1